Friday, February 17, 2017

Growing In Unity Day 5

And so we come to my last day posting as a GIU gal. I have another background for you today.

Gather all supplies. I decided to use summery colors and the fun Hello Summer Itty Bitty. You'll also need a water sprayer and some salt.

Spray colors throughout the card base.

I like layering a few colors, making sure not to let them muddy up.

Holding my base down, I added some water to make a nice watery pool. Keeping the center from pooching up keeps the colors from running tougher and off the paper.

Sprinkle with salt. The salt begins to soak up the extra fluid, so don't worry about having too much liquid when you add the water. Different kinds of salt give different looks. The chunkier the salt, the larger the spaces left in the ink. This needs to be air dried, no short cuts, to get the best look.

Once dried, brush away the salt, scrubbing a little with a paper towel, if needed.

Doesn't it give a great textured look? This technique also works well with watercolors.

I added my painted stamped image, a colored doily, my sentiment, and some jewels. Doesn't it just make you want to sit by the pool with a frosty drink?

Thanks for sharing in my week of tutorials, I hope you find them useful and can't wait to see how you use them. Don't forget to comment for your chance at one of the 2 grab bags of awesome Unity. See you next time!

Another great post. I love this background effect and how simple it "seems" to be!!! I love your color combos too, citrus is my fav! & the perfect stamp to go with it <3 Great week! Thanks for all the how to posts <3

Love this technique and tutorial! It makes an awesome looking background! Great card as well. Thanks for all of your amazing tutorials this week. I really learned a lot. Hoping to try some of them out soon.

Another easy technique I will be trying! What a great week you have given us all!Watching these makes me want to do more with my cards...I do tend to make cards that only vary a little bit. Thanks for sharing :)

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